……

Early in the morning, the news of Shen Yu's sudden death reached the palace.

"Is this true?"

"Your Majesty, it is absolutely true. The spy who was monitoring the Anding Palace has returned to report."

"Not a fake death?"

"The spy reported back that he had indeed witnessed Prince Anding drinking the poisoned wine that Your Majesty had gifted him."

After confirming again and again, Emperor Showa, who was sitting on the dragon throne, closed his eyes and leaned decadently on the dragon throne. At this moment, he seemed to have lost all his strength and completely lost the majesty of the emperor in the past.

The biggest obstacle in his life was gone, so logically he should be happy, but why did he feel like something was blocking his heart and he felt so uncomfortable?

Perhaps it was because he lost the last relative in his life.

The discomfort he feels now is probably God's punishment for him.

Emperor Showa leaned back on the dragon throne for a long time, until he felt the air in his chest smooth out. He then opened his eyes, straightened his body, and restored his original imperial majesty. He said indifferently, "Pen and ink are at your service."

Eunuch Wang on the side hurried forward to the imperial table. He could see that His Majesty's expression was not right, so he added water and ground the food very carefully, not even daring to breathe.

After grinding the ink, he immediately stepped aside.

Emperor Showa wrote an edict and affixed it with his imperial seal. "This is the edict of succession. Keep it safe."

Today, Eunuch Wang is the most trusted eunuch in charge of Emperor Showa, so it is most appropriate to hand over the imperial edict of succession to him.

However, when Eunuch Wang received the imperial edict of succession, he was terrified.

This edict came into his hands before His Majesty passed away. If it was discovered and used by someone with ulterior motives, his life would be in danger.

But he had to obey the emperor's order and had to keep this hot potato carefully.

Without Shen Yu, his son could inherit the throne with peace of mind and no longer have to worry about his uncle Shen Yu.

"Also, I hereby decree that Prince Anding, who rebelled on New Year's Eve, has now been executed and committed suicide. In recognition of his many years of service, he shall be buried in the late emperor's mausoleum, forever by his side. His merits and demerits shall be nullified, and all his achievements shall be erased, leaving only one ending."

After saying this, Emperor Showa picked up the memorial beside him and began to review it.

"I obey your command." Eunuch Wang put the imperial edict into his arms, bowed, and quietly left the Xuanzheng Hall.

Eunuch Wang grew up in the palace. He was accustomed to the indifference and ruthlessness of the royal family, and he also knew the ruthlessness of the emperor. Living in a high position in the temple, he felt lonely and had worries that others could never understand.

King Anding worked tirelessly for the country and the people, and did not do anything to harm the country.

So even if he felt that Your Majesty should not treat Prince Anding like this, he was Your Majesty's only brother.

But he was just a small eunuch, and he felt that he was the most useless thing and could not change any outcome.

It is said that serving the king is like serving a tiger. His words are of little importance. If he opens his mouth, his head will probably fall to the ground.

In this deep palace, the most important thing is to protect yourself.

What does anything else have to do with a little eunuch like him?

……

Xu Zhao didn't know what Emperor Zhaohe was planning in the palace, so she just stood there silently, not looking at Shen Yu who was lying in the coffin and had already died.

She was afraid that if she turned her head to look, she would burst into tears uncontrollably.

There were no other servants in the palace. Only Butler Zheng and Ming Kang were preparing for Shen Yu's funeral.

The news of Shen Yu's death was not concealed, but no one came to pay tribute in front of the mourning hall.

Ming Kang and Butler Zheng knelt in front of the ranking list. Since they had no blood relationship with Shen Yu, they did not wear mourning clothes, but just tied a white silk around their waists.

Ming Kang took the yellow paper and threw it into the brazier in front of him. He looked unhappy and said, "Uncle Zheng, I feel sorry for the prince."

"Be careful!"

Uncle Zheng looked around, worried that Emperor Showa had arranged secret guards to watch near the palace.

He approached Ming Kang and whispered in his ear, "Your Majesty's arrangements are not for us commoners to discuss. Once the prince is buried in the imperial mausoleum, you should pretend that you have never experienced anything in the palace. You must not mention anything about the prince."

Uncle Zheng gave careful instructions to everyone who left the palace.

Ming Kang had been with Shen Yu for some years and had learned a lot from him. He naturally understood the prince's good intentions. "Uncle Zheng, don't worry. I will take care of myself."

It was only during a later conversation between Ming Kang and Zheng Shu that Xu Zhao learned about Emperor Zhaohe's arrangements.

It turned out that at this time, Emperor Showa had already committed the act of "falsifying history" and even erased all of Shen Yu's achievements.

It is also difficult for modern historians to understand that Shen Yu was the War King of Yue Kingdom under such conditions.

After Shen Yu left, everything in Yue Kingdom seemed to be moving at double speed, and for Xu Zhao, it was just a passing visit.

The gate of Prince Anding's Palace was completely closed. Xu Zhao went to the palace and watched the changes of time.

Half a year after Shen Yu's death, Emperor Zhaohe was critically ill, and Shen Lingge, who was far away in Zhongjin State, returned to the country to take care of him.

The Emperor of Zhongjin also knew that Shen Lingge would probably never come back this time, so he specially arranged for an unknown princess from Zhongjin to accompany him, calling it a marriage alliance.

After returning to Yue Kingdom, Shen Lingge saw Emperor Showa for the last time.

In the summer of the 20th year of Showa, which was also the 20th year of Tianyou, Emperor Showa passed away. The next month, Shen Lingge succeeded to the throne, changed the country's name to Dayu, and named the princess of Zhongjin who came back with him as queen.

In the following two years, Xu Zhao watched Shen Lingge work hard to govern the country, reduce taxes for Yue Kingdom, attach importance to agriculture and sericulture, and while strengthening the national strength, he attacked the other two countries, Mobei and Yunsheng, and incorporated them into Yue Kingdom.

At this time, the king of Zhongjin State passed away without leaving any will. Zhongjin State was plagued by internal and external troubles. The capable princes fought to the death for the throne in front of the old king. In the end, whether it was an accident or fate, a sudden fire took away all the surviving princes.

An escaped palace maid said that it was divine fire sent down from heaven to punish those greedy princes.

As for the truth, no one knows.

The Zhongjin Kingdom was leaderless for a time, and its only bloodline was the princess who became the queen of the Yue Kingdom two years ago.

Therefore, with the help of the Queen, Shen Lingge successfully took over Zhongjin without any soldiers and completely achieved the unification of the four countries.

Xu Zhao was surprised. This time she traveled through time like a spectator, watching the rise and fall of nations and the changes of the times. However, she also unexpectedly learned how Shen Lingge unified the four countries.

It was a pleasant surprise, and it was worth the time she spent on it.

Ever since Shen Lingge ascended the throne, Xu Zhao has been trapped in the Xuanzheng Hall, and everything can only be speculated based on what the people in the hall say.

Fortunately, time flows at different speeds. When encountering important nodes, time will pass more slowly, making it easier for her to understand. But when it comes to insignificant things, various scenes will flash by her.

As time went by, Xu Zhao lost his sense of time. If the people in Xuan Zheng Hall had not mentioned what day it was from time to time, Xu Zhao would not have known that two years had passed.

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